Health

ERRIN’s Health Working Group (WG) supports members with early intelligence and regular updates about EU-level health policy-related issues, regulations, EU programmes and their funding opportunities. Creating opportunities for interregional cooperation in the Health area is one of the WG’s main objectives. The WG is also a vehicle for networking, profile raising and promoting good practices and projects among health stakeholders in the ERRIN regions.

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Previous Related ERRIN Working Group Meetings

Policy & Smart Specialisation WGs meeting: Widening in FP10 and impact on cohesion policy post-2027

Policy & Smart Specialisation WGs meeting: Widening in FP10 and impact on cohesion policy post-2027

Ewa Chomicz

The topic of widening gathers high attention in the discussions around the next European Framework Programme for R&I, raising questions with the potential to influence not only the Widening sub-

Health WG

Skills in the health sector: Health WG

Lucy Hammond

The Health Working Group meeting will update colleagues on the European Commission’s initiatives linked to staff and skills shortages and training and up-skilling of the health workforce, exploring

Policy WG meeting: Role of EU Missions in FP10

Policy WG meeting: Role of EU Missions in FP10

Ewa Chomicz

ERRIN has been closely involved in the design and implementation of the EU Missions since their inception. Missions remain one of the network's priorities and were one of the four main areas of focus

WG Related Events

WG Related Events

More Years Better Lives infosession on equality and well-being calls

The Joint Programming Initiative More Years Better Lives (JPI MYBL) is hosting an online information session on its current call for proposals on equality and well-being. 

Procurement: Responding to COVID-19

This webinar will ask how Innovation in Procurement (IP) can bridge these gaps and how it cam concretely help in the response to the COVID-19 challenge. 

Health and ICT WG meeting: Telemedicine as an answer to the current challenges

This joint WG meeting will look at telemedicine as an opportunity for the future and as a phenomenon in the context of the current crisis.

SAPHIRe online workshop - Exit strategies for COVID-19 lockdown: what role do regions play?

As governments and regional authorities begin to roll out their coronavirus lockdown exit strategies, SAPHIRe is hosting an interactive workshop to help regions gain a better understanding of how to tackle these challenges.

Online Science Evening - From Alzheimer´s disease therapy to COVID-19 prevention

The Slovak Liaison Office for Research and Development is hosting an online informal lecture by Norbert Žilka, PhD titled 'From Alzheimer`s disease therapy to COVID-19 prevention - When an out-of-the box vaccine approach can stop a global pandemic'.

European hospitals & COVID-19: reacting and adapting

As health systems across Europe dramatically change to adapt to the coronavirus crisis, an upcoming workshop asks "do managers have access to the information and resources they need in order to create best practices and process change for the future?"

WG Documents

WG Documents

ERRIN Year in review 2022

The ERRIN Year in review 2022 is out! Read the report to see the numerous activities ERRIN and its members have been involved in throughout the year.

ERRIN & EUREGHA joint statement on Horizon Europe Mission on Cancer

Please find attached ERRIN and the network of European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)'s joint statement on the Horizon Europe Mission on Cancer.

Draft statement on Cancer Mission

Further to the Health WG meeting on the Cancer Mission, EUREGHA and ERRIN have decided to address the Cancer Mission Board with a statement to emphasise the role of regions in this mission.

WG Related Content

WG Related Content

Fourth call for AHA reference sites open

The fourth call for AHA reference sites is now open. This opportunity is for regions bringing together health and care stakeholders to develop and implement person-centred life course innovation and digital technology solutions for active and healthy ageing. Apply by 31 May.

Healthier together: EC call for non-communicable diseases best practices

At the end of 2021, the European Commission launched its 'Healthier together' initiative to help EU countries to identify and implement effective policies and actions to reduce the burden of major non-communicable diseases. A new call seeks best practices for the EU's non-communicable diseases initiative. 

Second set of calls under Digital Europe Programme open

The second wave of calls for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme has been launched, with the deadline for applications on 17 May 2022. The funding will see an investment of over €292 million in multiple areas.

New EU4Health calls open

Eight new published EU4Health calls focus on innovative approaches to cancer screening, non-communicable diseases, mental health, health technology, workforce and more.

8th Cohesion Report: findings on regional innovation in Europe

The European Commission has published the 8th Cohesion Report: Cohesion in Europe towards 2050. According to the findings, while the Cohesion policy has, in general, helped to narrow territorial and social disparities between regions in the EU, the regional innovation divide in Europe has grown.

ERRIN welcomes new network Chair and Vice-Chairs

The ERRIN Management Board has appointed a new Chair and two Vice-Chairs, who together form the Troika. New Troika will lead the Management Board in 2022-2023.

Latest Updates

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

DigitalHealthEurope: webinar on Citizens’ secure access to and sharing of health data across borders

The webinar is dedicated to the priority “Citizens’ secure access to and sharing of health data across borders”. You can participate by making questions and provide some inputs on your experience in this subject! We also invite you to present a topic related to citizen access and control of health data and on citizen-controlled data sharing governance.

  • By Hilary Webb

Île-de-France set up numerous measures to tackle corona crisis

The Ile-de-France Region has quickly reacted and taken measures in a series of areas (health equipment, business support, transports, research, education, etc)  aimed at helping health organisations and the medical sector in general, citizens and regional businesses face the crisis. 

  • By Hilary Webb

Wallonian businesses work together to innovate against coronavirus

The Wallonia Export-Investment Agency (AWEX), has assembled examples from the region of businesses working together to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. 

  • By Hilary Webb

Short survey of health data-sharing governenace

ERRIN's project DigitalHealthEurope has launched a short survey to gather opinions on data-sharing governance. 

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

DHE Consultation on The Common European Health Data Space for Industry

DHE is reaching out to a small number of SMEs working with AI to help and shape and focus this dialogue on the most urgent and appropriate priorities. The consultation is undertaken under the workstream of DHE supporting the second priority of the Communication: better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care.

  • By Hilary Webb

JRC actions in response to COVID-19

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre is contributing to and informing the EU’s policy response to the coronavirus crisis. Experts across the JRC have been analysing the crisis, anticipating its impacts and working to develop solutions and strategies for the future.